Not authorized to play-- won't transfer

I just made a ringtone from a song I have purchased and was already on my iPhone. I synced my iPhone and an error came up in iTunes which says "Violet Hill was not copied to the iPhone 'Bryana's iPhone' because you are not authorized to play it on this computer". Again, the song was already on my phone and everything and now the ringtone won't sync.... Does anyone know how to fix this?

Hi Tackleberry
The Audible authorization requires a Audible 'user name' and 'password.' Audible allows their books to be downloaded to three computers. It keeps track. If you do not know the Audible account, you may have to get your own account.
I have done this recently to share my wife's account.

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